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XMPlay is a Windows music player, supporting the OGG / MP3 / MP2 / MP1 / WMA / WAV / MO3 / IT / XM / S3M / MTM / MOD / UMX audio formats, and PLS / M3U / ASX playlists. A load more formats are also supported via Winamp plugins. When XMPlay was first released in 1998, only the XM format was supported, hence the name XMPlay.
So, whats so good about XMPlay then?, you ask. Its got the best (most accurate to FT2) XM reproduction to be heard from any player. All features/effects (including several FT2 quirks) are 100% supported. The IT reproduction is also practically balls-on, with full support for all effects / NNA / DCA / filters / etc...
additional features like stereo samples and DMO effects are also fully supported. MPEG / OGG / WMA / WAV files can be streamed from FTP / HTTP / Shoutcast / Icecast / Icecast2 servers, optionally writing a copy to disk at the same time. FTP directories and HTML webpages can be scanned for streamable files. And on top of all that is a nice skinnable GUI!
Linux user? Want to enjoy the same quality MOD playback as XMPlay users? You can... BASSMOD XMMS plugin
Main features
Balls-on accurate
Plays the way nature intended
32/24-bit output
take advantage of supporting hardware for ultimate quality
Interpolation & volume/pan ramping
For output thats smoother than a babys arse
5 Band equalizer
Adjustable gain at five frequency bands
Reverb & surround sound
For a richer, fuller flavour
Per-track settings
Save default Output Options settings (eq/reverb/etc...) to be used each time a track is loaded, with a (also customisable) default setting for all tracks that do not have specific settings
Track information
Displays file information, instrument/sample texts, and messages/tags, open webpages from the texts
WAV writer
Writes 8/16/24/32-bit WAVs, supports external encoders (MP3/OGG/etc...), optional automatic level normalization, dithering & noise shaping
Integration
Open files from Windows Explorer, dragndrop files/directories/shortcuts/URLs, monitor the clipboard for streamable URLs, dragndrop tracks from XMPlay into other programs, global hotkeys
Archive plugins
Archived/compressed files can be loaded just like normal files
Visualisation
Compatible with Sonique plugins, also includes a MOD pattern view |
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